College roundup: Cornell's Dake wins highest honor

8:05 PM,
Mar. 29, 2013

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Cornell senior Kyle Dake, the first wrestler in NCAA history to win four national titles at four weight classes, has been named the winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the national wrestler of the year. Dake is the first Cornell wrestler to win the award.

Dake, a 2009 Lansing High graduate, defeated Penn State's David Taylor, 5-4, last Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, to cap his history-making career. Dake received 41 of 43 first-place votes from the Hodge Voting Committee; Penn State junior Ed Ruth, the 184-pounder who won his second NCAA title last weekend, grabbed the other two first-place ...